Paper-bag holder



No. 406,044. Patented July 2, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. HART, OF BURNSIDE, CONNECTICUT.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,044, dated July 2, 1889. Application filed November 26, 1888- Serial No. 291,863. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY T. HART, of. Burnside, in the countyof Hart ford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in PapenBag l'lolders, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top view of a device or apparatus embodying m ysaid improvement with three arms of the apparatus (it being a revolving one) represented as broken off. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing in side view a mode of at taehing a single arm provided with my improvement to a shelf or the like.

The object and purpose of this improvement is, as its name indicates, the production of a device or apparatus for holdingin astore or Warehouse a number of paper bags.

The letter a denotes an arm or support formed with an elbow t), and beyond the el This arm is also provided with a shoulder (Z.

The letter 6 denotes a shaft exterior-1y screwthreaded and there taking into acorresponding interior thread in the extension 0. Thence the shaft passes through the perforation in the elbow Z), and the inner end is pointed. The shoulder (Z is perforated to receive the shaft. On the end of the shaft there is a le ver-handle f, or the like, for rotating the shaft. i

The mode of usingthis device is as follows: The arm a being properly supported, abundle of paper bags-say about one hundred in number-is inserted at the top end between the elbow b and the shoulder (Z. Then by properly rotating the threaded shaft 6 the point of that shaft is forced through all the bags and intothe perforation of the shoulder d. The user of the device pulls the bags one by one, as wanted, from the shaft, of course slightly tearing the bags, but not injuring them for practical use.

As Fig. 1 indicates, I purpose to have, say, four of the arms a and make the whole device rotary; but a single arm of this kind can readily be attached to a shelf or the like, as shown in Fig. 3; or it could be attached to an upright wall by having a plate with screwholes upon the end of the arm.

I claim as my improvement The paper-bag holder consisting of a supporting-arm a, having means to secure it to a support, and formed With an elbow b and threaded extensions 0, and provided with the perforated shoulder cl, and the threaded shaft 6, projected through the threaded extension and the perforated shoulder, substantially as described.

HENRY T. HART.

\Vitnesses:

H. BACHARACH, A. B. JENKINS. 

